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Date:         Wed, 29 Jan 2003 00:31:31 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: ?Brighter Turn Signals?
In-Reply-To:  <5.1.0.14.2.20030127143020.03b91508@pop1.attglobal.net>
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>At 02:17 PM 1/27/2003, developtrust wrote:
>>work as a brake light as we tested them both ways. I don't think an led WILL
>>work for a turn signal.
>>
>>If anyone has accomplished an LED for a turn signal I'd like to know how you
>>did it.
>
>You have to add an additional load so that the flasher relay sees about the
>same current flowing that it would with regular bulbs.  Or change to a
>different control circuit.


You might fit an electronic flasher unit in place of the old
electromechanical one. One which isn't load-sensitive.
--
Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
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